The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.
The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.
How peaceful was the Roman Peace – the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.
“Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.
Let’s discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.
Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.
It’s hardly a household word today, but Zama decided the fate of Rome. Join us for the epic battle of two titans, Hannibal and Scipio.
Hannibal’s victory at Cannae was one of the most dramatic in history yet ultimately one of the least fruitful. Here’s how it happened.
Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time, at Issus,
Learn how Alexander won his first clash with the Persian army, in a cavalry battle on the banks of a river in what is now northwestern Turkey.
Salamis, the great clash at sea between Greece and Persia. The post Episode 3.4: Battle of Salamis first appeared on Barry Strauss.
Granny InSanDiego
The reason the Athenians had a large Navy prior to the second Persian invasion eas because they were at war with Aegina, another Greek polis. The Greeks were always fighting each other, one city-state on another or between small alliances of poleis. Themistocles was indeed the one who had this idea. And he was the one who convinced Athens to add to their fleet as the second Persian invasion commenced.
Granny InSanDiego
This is totally inaccurate. The king of Persia who led this second invasion of Europe was Xerxes. It was Darius who led the first, and unsuccessful invasion, who wanted revenge. Xerxes was much more ambivalent. The few Greeks who opposed the Persians (a far, far greater number willingly allied themselves with Persia) fought not for freedom but to avoid having to pay tribute to a foreign ruler. As far as destruction of the city of Athens goes, the Athenians had previously burned the city of Sardis, capital of Lydia, and its temples to the ground during their invasion of Ionia. Instead of wasting your time here, go to the source and read the description of this naval battle in Herodotus' Histories, Book 8.
Derek William Miltimore
I am only slightly into my first listen of this podcast, and I must say I am very happy I randomly came across it.
Top Clean
A great Podcast about the Ancient Warfare and places where it happened. Professor Barry Strauss is a good history teller too.
Mike L.
I'm done. it's HUE-GE and HUE-MEN. WTF IS you-men and you-ge? fucking done!